Staff

Nov 12, 2017

Meeting on Community Engagement Board Focuses on Talks from NC State Professor

Mickey L. Fearn, a professor at N.C. State's College of Natural Resources and a former deputy director of the National Parks Service, delivered a forty-four-minute leadoff of the meeting. It dwelled in significant part on his planning experience in settings such as Oakland and Seattle.

Nov 11, 2017

Women Faculty’s Research Garners Support from all University Colleges

Marian McCord, associate dean for research in the College of Natural Resources and member of the Association of Women Faculty steering committee, spoke on how she views the showcase as a way to create opportunities for research and scholarly work.

Nov 9, 2017

Wolves 4 Wolves Hosts Film Screening and Expert Panel

Red Wolf Revival tells the tale of the endangered, wild red wolves. A screening of the documentary was co-hosted by the College of Natural Resources and the Wolves 4 Wolves student organization on Sunday, Oct. 22 in Talley Student Union.

Oct 31, 2017

What Motivates College Students to Play Pokémon Go?

Playing Pokémon Go gets students moving, including those who aren't gamers. Public health experts and Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management researchers in the College of Natural Resources say that's a good thing.

Oct 26, 2017

Walkable Neighborhoods Linked with More Active Older Adults

Older adults who lived in neighborhoods where it was easy to walk to daily destinations were more physically active than those in less walkable neighborhoods, a study in Barcelona, Spain, showed. The results have implications for efforts to allow older adults to remain healthy and independent while they "age in place" in urban neighborhoods.

Oct 19, 2017

NC State’s Tuesday Night Takeover on the Science Channel

Dr. Roland Kays, Associate Professor in Forestry and Environmental Resources and zoologist with the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, uncovers the science behind unusual images for the shows "What on Earth?" and "Strange Evidence."

Oct 17, 2017

Learning By Doing

Through service learning, EcoVillage students, like Environmental Technology and Management major Devin Kehoe, make NC State's campus more eco-friendly.

Oct 13, 2017

Top Innovator, Entrepreneurs Honored

Chancellor Randy Woodson honors some of NC State’s most prolific and accomplished researchers for their groundbreaking work, including Dr. Marian McCord, Associate Dean for Research at the College of Natural Resources.

Oct 12, 2017

Study: Walkable Neighborhoods Linked with More Active Older Adults 

New Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management research explores ways to build neighborhoods where older adults can stay active and age in place.

Sep 29, 2017

Shack-A-Thon: An Eco-Friendly Fundraiser for the Raleigh Community

Shack-A-Thon started at NC State in 1998 with a focus on bringing forward the issue of affordable housing. Since then housing rates in Raleigh have skyrocketed, but this fundraiser still sets out to bring attention to this issue with a modern twist ─ making this important fundraising event as sustainable as possible.